Charles

Meet our hometown hero

Charles enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1979 and served as a torpedoman for six years, six days and six hours. After the Navy he spent his career as a regional maintenance supervisor for apartment complexes, keeping other people's homes running.

He and his wife, Brenda, raised five kids and have lived in their Pawtucket home for 16 years. The house was built in 1946 and has no central air. New England winters were hard on it: drafts, uneven rooms, and a living room that ran about five degrees colder than the bedroom, even with baseboard heat.